7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Aromas are a mild, easy blend of citrus and resin. Off-white creamy head. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose, bittersweet and slightly soft carbonation. Decent but not great.
Tried
from Can
from
Steve's Liquor Store
on 31 Aug 2023
at 20:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle pours out black topped with a small tan head. Nose is sweet chocolate roast malts brownies coconut almonds. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate roast malts vanilla and those nuts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2023
at 04:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Is this my first beer from J Wakefield? I'd have to check but I think it is. Poured from the can, looking low carb, took some vigor to produce a head but it did in fact make a modest layer of very fine beige bubbles. Nose is big on smoke and roasted malt with chocolate and molasses. The low carbonation feels velvety in the mouth, where the molasses sugars combine with a light acrid smoky bite. Fairly modest body makes this quite drinkable, happy about that. Semi-sweet to balanced, there aren't much hop flavors but there is a firm bitterness balancing out the finish. I would like this on cask. I might hope for more smoke but really its fine as is.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2023
at 20:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours hazy orange, medium off white head, good lacing. Aroma is banana, wheat, dust. Flavor follows, light sweet, minimal bitterness. I get zero coconut. Light plus body. Good hef tho.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jul 2023
at 02:59
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
16oz can from Tavour. Dark golden orange, hazy, lasting creamy white head, lacing. Peachy aroma, stone fruit and citrus. Taste is sweet, fruity, juicy, peaches, oranges culminating in a light buzzy bitterness that lingers. Heavy weight, thick.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jul 2023
at 01:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jul 2023
at 18:33
Tried
on 24 Jun 2023
at 13:47
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
pours black, small white head. Scent is roasty, sweet, chocolate. taste is full, sweet, chocolate intense wakefield typical character. A bit more sweet and simple than expected though. Some vanilla, mild to hidden on the oreo. Good - but not great.
Tried
on 25 May 2023
at 21:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black, no real head. Scent is fairly mild. Roasty, bourbon. taste is full, roasty, bit soy, sharp bourbon. Rather boozy. Very decent, not JWB-great though.
Tried
on 24 May 2023
at 23:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black, small to no tanned head. Scent is full, chocolate, typical JWB, but mild on the barrel - almost hidden even. taste is fairly bitter for JWB, Sharp bourbon boozyness. Almost rye-like spicyness (Rye bourbon, perhaps?) . not the best JWB, bit still a more than decent beer.
Tried
on 24 May 2023
at 17:51